Registering mechanism for coin-controlled apparatus



T. M. N'ELDNER. REGISTERING MECHANISM FOR COIN CONTROLLI-fe APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, |918- Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

ATTBNEY THERESA M. NELDNER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

REGISTERIN G- MECHANISI'II FOR COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

Application filed November 23, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that I, THnnnsA M. N ELDNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and Stateof 'Wisconsim have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRegistering Mechanism for Coin-Controlled Apparatus; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in registeringmechanisms for various forms of coin controlled apparatus, particularlypay telephones.

The object of the invention is the provision of means for keeping anaccurate record of the number of coins which have been deposited in theapparatus with which the invention is associated. The register ispreferably of the multiplying type and is visible from the outside ofthe casing in which it is housed.

An additional object is to provide new and useful improvements in themanner of ejecting the coins from the coin receiving mechanism against asuitable sounding device whereby the operator will be readily notifiedthat a coin has been deposited, as for instance when the device is usedin connection with telephones.

Vith these and other objects and advantages in View the inventionresides in the novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view through a coin box inwhich a mechanism constructed in accordance with my invention is housed.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially onthe plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is a front elevational view of a coin ox, and

Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the same is housed withina coin box 1 which is used in connection with pay telephones, said boxhaving a coin drawer 2 in its bottom portion and a bell or other sound-Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Feb. e, 1920. Serial No. 263,878.

ing device 3 suspended from its top. rl`he upper portion of the box atits front is provided with a coin slot 4- in which is slidably disposeda co-in carriage 5. The portion of the carriage which projects out` ofthe box l has an opening 6 of sufficient size to receive a coin of acertain denomination, and the inner end of the carriage has a handle 7fixed thereto, said handle being extended through a slot 8 in the sidewall of the box l. Said carriage 5 is slidable on a stationary guideplate 9 which extends inwardly from the front of the box 1 and isinclined downwardly and rearwardly, said plate 9 having a longitudinalslot 10 for the reception of the handle 7.

It will thus be seen that as the carriage moves inwardly it will carrywith it the coin C; said coin is adapted to be ejected from the carriagewhen the same reaches its limit of inward movement or at any otherpredetermined point in its path of movement. The bell or sounding device3 being positioned immediately behind the carriage 5 will be struck byobvious purpose.

Such ejection is carried out by means of a pivoted weighted arm 11 fixedon a rock shaft 12 carried by the stationary guide plate 9, said shafthaving a crank 13 connected thereto. An operating member in the form ofa thin metallic strip 14 is pivoted to the crank and extends downwardlyparallel with the direction of movement of the carriage, the lower endof said strip being provided with a lug 15. Movement of the strip 14will cause the arm 11 to swing inwardly through alined slots in theguide plate 9 and the carriage 5 to contact with the coin C.

Said lug 15 is designed to be engaged by a tubular slide which embracesthe carriage and the guide plate 9, said slide being movableindependently of said carriage. The upper end 0f the slide has alaterally extending finger 17 which intermittently engages the actuatingarm 18 of a multiplying register 19 of conventional design. Saidregister has an intergrading dial 2O which is visible through an opening21 in the front wall of the box l.

The operation of the invention is as follows: A coin of the properdenomination is the ejected coin for an brouffht into engagement withthe arm 18y and the register 19 actuated; thereafter the lower end ofthe slide contacts with the lug 15 and rocks the arm 11, whichtheretofore has been disposed vertically by the action of gravity. Thecoin is thereby ejected from the carriage and thrown against the bell-3.Upon the releaseof the handle 7 the carriage will be returned to itsoutermost posi-a tion by the contraction of a spring 22 which isconnected to the handle 7 and to the stationary guide plate 9. Upon theinsertion of an additional coin in the opening 6 of the carriage thesame operations are repeated and each time the register records. It willbe Obvious that said register will not be actuated. except when a coinis disposed in the carriage, as such is necessary to move the slide 5.

Various minor changes may be made in the form and proportion of theseveral parts of the invention without departing or sacricing any of theprinciples thereof as set forth in the accompanying claims.

It is understood that my device may be adapted to various uses incontrolling mechanisms of various natures wherein it is desired to moveany actuating` member by the use of a coin, hence I do not limit myinvention to the specific application shown and described.

I claim 1. A coin controlled apparatus including a casing having a coinSlot therein inclined with respect to the vertical, a carriage slidablymounted in the casing and inclined for movement in the plane of the slotand adapted to project through the slot and provided with a coinreceiving aperture, means for moving the carriage, means for moving aworlr member operable by a coin inserted in` the aperture of thecarriage, a sounding member at the forward side of the carriage withrespect toits inclination, and means for ejecting a coin from thecarriage to engage the sounding member including a member movabletransversely in the aperture of the carriage and operable upon movementof the carriage.

2. A coin controlled apparatus including a casing provided with a coinreceiving slot, a guide plate extending` in the casing in a planeparallel to the plane of the slot, a carriage slidable against the guideplate and adapted to proj ect through the slot and provided with a coinreceiving aperture, a slide member comprising a plate bent to embracethe carriage and guide plate and serv ing to secure the carriage andslide member on the guide plate, an actuating portion on said slidemember, a nger on said slide member extending into the aperture of thecarriage for engagement by a coin in said aperture, and means for movingthe carriage. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin.

THERE SA M. NELDNER.

